A June garden

For the past few weeks I've been having fun watching my garden come to life. The backyard is now a riot of colour, thanks in part to the grove of foxgloves that have sprung up. It's a sea of purple and pink beside my garage, and the bees are having a field day.

This is the bush/vines growing in the back corner of my lot. Not sure what this is, but it grows very quickly.

And I have roses in the front and the back. These ones are growing by the back door. They make the green bin look good at least!

My house is now full of flowers as I've managed to utilize almost every vase and vessel I have. These lupins are growing beside my house. I picked them once, but never again! They were full of wee spiders!

So they were quickly replaced with some roses. Fewer spiders, but not much smell unfortunately.

That's it for now. Check back next week to see what's blooming then!

Garden goings on

I totally lucked out in the garden department with my new house. The previous owners had definite green thumbs and I'm reaping the benefits. It has been fun these past few weeks to see what's popping up, almost on a daily basis. I just hope I don't manage to wreck everything by the end of the summer!

Here's a look at what's going on....

I thought for the longest time I had a magnolia tree in the backyard, but then when I saw all the other magnolia trees in bloom, I realized it wasn't. But this week, the tree has sprouted these pretty yellow blossoms. Still not sure what it is, but I like it.

This is the curly willow in the backyard.

These weird pink flowers bloomed really early and seem to be sticking around. Not sure what they are either.

And I was so happy to see lots of grape hyacinths in the front. I love them!

So much so that I picked them and put them on my kitchen window sill. Pretty, right?